Record Google Meet captions, chat messages, and screenshots to Google Docs.
Features
1. Automatically save live meeting captions.
2. Saves chat messages when the right sidebar is open.
3. Option to disable transcribing a meeting or portions of it.
4. Option to take screenshots during a meeting.
5. Option to hide captions from appearing on the screen.
6. Transcripts include meeting name, timestamps, and speakers.
Privacy Policy
1. There is no tracking, no telemetry, and no analytics implemented.
2. Storage permission is requested to store user settings and Google Drive access token locally.
3. (Optional) All URLs permission is requested so that the user can take screenshots. See FAQ for technical details.
4. Access to the user's Google Drive account is used to store the transcripts.
5. Recording is performed locally on the user's machine and sent directly to the user's Google Drive account.
Privacy Practices
1. Personally identifiable information, Personal communications, and Website Content - Meet Transcript records your Google Meet captions, chat messages, and screenshots on your computer and sends them directly to your Google Drive account.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Question: When I enable "Show screenshot button" in the Meet Transcript settings page, I get a popup requesting permission to "read and change all your data on the websites you visit." Why does it need access to all sites?
Answer: The screenshot feature uses the captureVisibleTab API to take screenshots when requested by the user. The API stipulates that either the "All URLs" or the "ActiveTab" permission is needed. However, the screenshot feature requires the "All URLs" permission because a custom button is created within the Google Meet UI for users to click.
Release Notes
https://thanesh.dev/meet-transcript#release-notes
Latest reviews
- (2023-10-24) Jeri Pautler: It worked really well for a while and then stopped. All the transcript is written in a big blob of text now with no indication of who was saying what. Basically useless now...
- (2023-10-23) Shayan Akbar: Its not working anymore!! Basically the same error with the other latest reviews...
- (2023-08-28) B. Eric Oberheim: Same as all the other reviews; this worked great until all of a sudden it didn't. I now find myself skimming through a block of text, trying to find a term I missed that *hopefully* was transcribed correctly. Has the developer abandoned this extension? It's been months since it worked correctly.
- (2023-07-05) Jorge Garcia Martin: No funciona. Sin actualizar desde hace un año y el desarrollador no responde a los bugs.
- (2023-06-06) Maria Florencia Asin: no esta funcionando!! era barbaro!
- (2023-05-05) Sebastian Montaño Rodriguez: I'm having the same issues as others have mentioned, where the document is now just one continuing paragraph with no breaks, timestamps, or speaker notation. I tried removing the extension, clearing my cache, and reinstalling, but to no avail.
- (2023-05-05) Juan Rivera: The tool worked perfectly for a year, but since 8 March it stopped working and it logs everything under the first speaker. When updating it, it shows an error, it requests access again to google Drive and it says "Request Invalid" so it stopped working altogether. It is a great extension, or it was. Many thanks though for this last year!!
- (2023-04-22) Tim Hosfeldt: I have used this extension at work and tried to add it at home. I get the follow error when I try to grant access to my Google Drive: Access blocked: Meet Transcript’s request is invalid You can’t sign in because Meet Transcript sent an invalid request. You can try again later, or contact the developer about this issue. Learn more about this error If you are a developer of Meet Transcript, see error details. Error 400: invalid_request
- (2023-04-20) Miguel Rodriguez: I was super happy with it, initially I gave it 5 stars, but since mid March it stopped working. It captures only the name of the first person in the meeting, and after that it just saves a huge block of text of everything that was said, without identifying who or breaking paragraphs. Also the camera icon to capture screenshots, is no longer there. I reported the issue couple of times, but no answer.
- (2023-04-05) Michał Matyas: Used to be amazing but unfortunately stopped working. I can't log in to Google as it returns 400 error. I really miss this extension but it seems to be no longer maintained :(
- (2023-03-28) A D: Dear other frustrated users, I was a big user of meet transcript before it stopped working a few weeks ago. I really liked the product and was using it in every meeting. When it stopped working I tried to reach out to thanesh, via email, even calling his current company to ask for his current details. Unfortunately, to no avail. If you read this message, this is how you can fix it: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/resources/oob-migration Shouldn’t take more than 2 hrs. Meanwhile, we built an alternative, it also records the transcript and audio. It’s still a bit buggy, but you can try it here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/record-summarize-your-mee/mclnbcicnofcigjhhilajljjpgepbijp
- (2023-03-25) Roger Miranda: Love this extension, but within the past two weeks, Meet Transcript was truncating the entire transcript into the first speaker. Please fix!
- (2023-03-19) Adam Kircher: Good: I tried so many different note-taking apps both paid and unpaid, and this was the simplest and the best. Better than otter, noty, laxis, scribbl, firefly, native google transcripts. Here is why: 1) It doesn't need a "bot" added to the room like many services. This means others don't know that you are are using the service unless you tell them. 2) Unlike many others, this extension creates the google doc in real-time not just at the end of the call. This is nice, because (A) I can see that it's working and (B) chat the google doc link with other people in the meeting while we are there rather than emailing it to them afterward or going through the transcription's site's portal. 3) The google docs are named after the meeting's name in the calendar. Others have to be exported to google docs via their portal, or saved in google docs with the meeting id ("abc-defg-hij") which is very unhelpful when searching for the correct transcript. Bad: The extension stopped working for me last week and when I tried to uninstall and reinstall, google would not let me reconnect the extension with google drive. The oauth said "request invalid". I wish the author would fix, I would pay for this app.
- (2023-03-15) Victor Rene Madera Arenas: Funciono bastante bien por bastante tiempo, desde hace un par de semanas no esta diferenciando las personas que hablan en la reunion. Esto implica que todo lo comentado queda en un solo parrafo bajo mi cuenta
- (2023-03-14) Martha Diaz Mogollon: no se puede guardar en drive da error 400
- (2023-03-13) English Tree: Best transcriber on the web, no joke! I run an online language school, and this is a very integral part of our operations. Had trouble today with the OAuth. Hopefully, the developer can fix it!
- (2023-03-12) Daniel Hnyk: Same problem as below. When trying to connect it to gdrive, it says "Access blocked: Meet Transcript’s request is invalid" :-( . Otherwise was excellent.
- (2023-03-02) Kevin Ciotta: I'm having the same problem. Meet Transcript has been a great extension and I truly appreciate that the developer has offered it for free! Hopefully the issue will get resolved. Until then, which alternatives are people using?
- (2023-03-01) Jay SP: Liked it but it stopped working. Uninstalled and installed again now when I connect drive folder to it but it throws error. Developer plz fix the bug so people can start using this again.
- (2023-02-27) Stopped working suddenly. Was my favorite extension until recently. Switching to another.
- (2023-02-26) Zoila Yamileth Sosa Peña: Esta era una de las mejores extensiones de chrome pero no se puede guardar en drive da error 400 y este problema lo tenemos miles y uds como desarrolladores no nos están ayudando pedimos ayuda para poder accesar
- (2023-02-15) Emal Bazger: It worked on a few meetings and then it stopped working. The logo disappeared from the meeting and it won't record the transcription anymore. After removing and reinstalling, the google blocks access.
- (2022-07-24) 賴政杰: 轉存聊天訊息不限語系,太棒了!
- (2022-05-02) Tayla Beinke: We started using Meet Transcript for all our work meetings in January 2022, and it's been fantastic. Previously, despite most meeting being held virtually as our company operates all over the state, we had someone manually typing minutes for everything. Meet Transcript has been perfect - it copies everything down, even a sneeze, and we just need to do a quick skim over the document after to fix any minor translation issues (generally, company-specific nicknames). We also love that anyone who has the extension can take these notes, it makes it much more versatile than one person needing to attend a million meetings just for minutes. Thank you for a great product Thanesh :)
- (2022-03-30) Alison Faria: This extension is a real LIFE SAVER! A must have for any person wanting to transcribe the Meetings in any Language currently available in Google Meet - I've already tested it in Portuguese and English. I've been using it to transcribe some YouTube videos I need to translate, works better than using the Automatic Translator on YouTube 😅 A big thank you for the developer! 🙏
- (2022-03-29) Kevin N: Such a great tool. I have gotten so much use out of it. Thanesh was also very responsive and fixed the missing Transcript button that disappeared suddenly. The latest 3.1.10 version fixes that problem! Thanks Thanesh!
- (2022-03-15) Zed Abbadi: Outstanding extension. Works great and 100% of the time. Please keep up the good work.
- (2022-02-21) Carlo Zottmann: 🔥 Top shelf. It works as advertised, and it's free and privacy-conform to boot. Thanks, Thanesh! Feature wish: I'd love to see auto-minimizing or hiding of the hidden CC area during calls in the future, if possible at all.
- (2022-02-10) Colin Minihan: Very useful and a great price!
- (2022-02-01) Shawn Neumann: Have really enjoyed this. Has come in handy a lot. The only downside if the need to keep the captions going during the call, but that's worth it.
- (2022-01-31) Mark Richter: Thank you Thanesh, your most recent update (vers. 3.1.9) fixed the truncating issue (entire transcript was saved as one big message). Thanks for looking into this. This is a great tool.
- (2022-01-27) Scott Schorzman: Being hearing impaired makes CC essential on my MEET calls. I work with a diverse group of people with different microphone setups, and frankly I cannot hear a couple of them. I found having a transcript of the CC is equally beneficial. I use this extension daily and love it.
- (2022-01-27) Connor Parsons: Simple, easy to use, and the dev is very responsive to issues and feedback.
- (2022-01-27) David Andrés Espinal Calderón - Ceiba Software: This is a wonderful add-on, and the developer is really kind, he actually answers to your problems. Works as promised.
- (2022-01-27) Tim Blunt: A fantastic add-on that makes great use of the Google Meet captions functionality, giving me the opportunity to review the transcript of any meetings I've attended, after the event! I really like the way you can set the captions to not be visible, as I find this very distracting. Also, the developer has been very responsive and quick to fix any issues that came up! It would be preferable if it didn't default to the Cambria typeface (Verdana would seem to be the best option within Google docs - still has serifs on a capital 'i', but is otherwise a low-detail font), but it's not a huge issue to select all and then change the font manually.
- (2022-01-26) Ken Mori: Unfortunately the transcript is absolute gibberish. Not a single grammatically sentence.
- (2022-01-26) Sandy C.: Hello All, I posted a review a few days ago because the Meet Transcript wasn't functioning properly at all ... wasn't providing time stamp, identifying the speakers, and the entire google meet was one long paragraph. I am happy to say that I've that review has since been deleted, as I received a response from the publisher who indicated that the bugs are out... so true. I used Meet Transcript again today in Southern California - in a long, long meeting and I am happy to say that it's working great. I'm giving it 4 stars today, until the next meeting to see if it withstand the corrections during that transcribing. Thanesh, Meet Transcript author, took the time to actually personally respond to me in this forum, and addressed the issue and suggested a download of v3.1.9 but I just used the same version that I initially downloaded. Thank you Thanesh.
- (2022-01-25) Tina Elevado: Thank you for the latest update that includes the name of the speaker and timestamp. That makes the app so much better!
- (2022-01-21) Ashe Felock: I've been using this extension since June of 2021, and it was a godsend. Since 1/13/2022, though, I'm having the same issues as others have mentioned, where the document is now just one continuing paragraph with no breaks, timestamps, or speaker notation. I tried removing the extension, clearing my cache, and reinstalling, but to no avail.
- (2022-01-19) Divya: all the conversations are being collected under a single speaker in the transcript, it was working fine last week
- (2022-01-16) 森池: This is an unequivocally useless extension. All it does is transcribe extremely long, unpunctuated paragraphs of 100% nonsense English gibberish. A monkey with a typewriter would be far more accurate.
- (2021-12-29) Jai Mansukhani: This is quite amazing. It would be great if you can share some articles how you did it, it will be a great learning experience for the community :)
- (2021-10-27) Denis L: The extension is great! However it would be nice to save only chat without transcript.
- (2021-09-10) Terence Eden: New version works brilliantly. I can even keep the transcript viewable in another tab to check it is working. I love this extension so much!
- (2021-09-09) Aaron Samuel: awesome!! i love it. u sir are an legend.
- (2021-09-01) Andrew Cochrane: I am an avid user of Google captioning and was recently introduced to this extension to capture important transcriptions when required at work with consent of course. However myself being a deaf user who solely use captioning daily I didn't like the fact it was capturing every meeting transcriptions automatically from daily stand up etc. That prompts me to disable the extension when I am not required to record the transcription but in need to use google captioning for my own needs. It seems like an oversight to be able to disable it in the tool itself so I wonder if you could create a function button in order to click start the transcription instead of it coming on automatically just because I have captions running.
- (2021-08-31) Dev Pro: Okay i am gonna give it 4 stars for now, i like everything but 2 things just doesn't seems good 1. I have to remove the underline under "transcript" when its activated by going to the html and blah blah blah and editing it, i have to do it everytime i enter please add a option that alows to disable it because it just seems to be old fashioned 2. please for god's sake improve the google docs text font and size, its so small and plus its font is not that good either Please fix these issues and i am rating this 5 No Hate peace out
- (2021-08-30) Adrian: IT WORKS EVEN WITH THE NEW GOOGLE MEET WEBSITE
- (2021-08-26) Emma Campbell: The app works just fine and found it very user friendly. There are obviously workds that get missed or miss-interpreted but you can't ask the app to work miracles when people mumble and it's not hard to do a corrections run-through. My main issue it that it only seems to be in English. I work in a Francphone/Anglophone area and our meetings are almost all bilingual. I will unfortunately have to try to find another app that accommodates for this particularity. I am sure there are other areas that work in multiple languages though, so it would be really cool if a future iteration of this app could somehow be linked with google translate or something to work in more languages. (I honestly have no idea how these apps are built and I assume it's a far more complicated process than I made it sound).
- (2021-08-17) Craig Faas: Very flaky. Misses recording of transcription regularly with no indication whatsoever. Users cannot tell when it is working or not working. Not a reliable product. Interface needs work. It needs to be obvious if a transcription is being made and recorded or not. This is not a commercially reliable tool at this time.